Turbott Wolfe
By: William Plomer ; introduction by Nadine Gordimer.
Edition: Modern Library pbk. ed.
Series: A Modern Library 20th century rediscovery
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
Subjects: Merchants -- Fiction.; Miscegenation -- Fiction.; Race relations -- Fiction.; South Africa -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "William Plomer's first novel, which first appeared in 1926, ignited a firestorm of controversy in his native South Africa. At the novel's center is Turbott Wolfe, a British trader who opens a general store in Lembuland. He befriends many of his black customers but has less luck ingratiating himself with the bigoted whites who have lived in the area for generations. Eventually, Wolfe and his comrades embrace miscegenation as the key to Africa's future - the Young Africa, where the races have blurred. Provocative and deeply questioning, Turbott Wolfe remains a powerful chronicle of the intimate human consequences of racism."--Jacket.